1 elementary school ("Dependable" - with an extended range of subjects offered in the first four years), 1 school centre with grammar school, secondary modern school and secondary school (privately run)

Health care¹:

General practitioners:

7

Dentists:

2

Medical specialists:

1

Other medical health facilities:

North Sea resorts of Burhave and Tossens spa facilities and thalassotherapy

Links to the Elbe-Weser region and the A 27 motorway via the Weser Tunnel near Nordenham; coastal motorway in planning; local public transport links through the Wesermarsch transport companies; Blexen-Bremerhaven car ferry